In 5/6 English, we have been studying poetry. We have been wondering how patterns can help us communicate with creativity and clarity.  

Through our inquiry, we have learnt about poetic techniques such as similes and personification as well as structural techniques poets use such as rhyming schemes and different poetic forms. 

We have been reading William Wordsworth’s ‘I Wander Lonely as a Cloud’ and investigating how this master poet has used these techniques. We have symbolised the rhyming scheme in this poem as ababcc. We have also used our clarifying and questioning skills to understand the meaning. After much discussion and thinking, we have decided that this poem is about the sustaining beauty of nature. The beauty of the field of daffodils brought Wordsworth joy when he was feeling pensive and lonely. 

For the taking action phase of our inquiry, we are writing our own poems to help us when we are feeling pensive and lonely. We took some time to be in nature and write some creative observations using the techniques we have learnt about. We are now editing and forming our poems. We are being mindful of the patterns we are creating in our writing that will help our reader understand and enjoy our poem. We can’t wait to share them with you!